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xiǎn

bamboo brush

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 先 provides pronunciation
HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (74%)

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Component Tree i

zhú
bamboo; flute
📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹
6 strokes
xiān
first, former, previous
💡 Ideographic: Someone stepping 止 in front of another person 儿
6 strokes HSK 1